Christian Hof
@christianhof.bsky.social
Ecologist, biogeographer, professor, ornithologist, father, choir singer, political animal. Head of the Global Change Ecology group at University of Würzburg, Germany.
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GCERetreat2025: Our MSc student Lars Landgraf presents his ideas and first analyses for his thesis project on how landscape heterogeneity influences distribution and trends of biodiversity in Bavaria
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
GCERetreat2025: Our MSc student Lars Landgraf presents his ideas and first analyses for his thesis project on how landscape heterogeneity influences distribution and trends of biodiversity in Bavaria
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GCERetreat2025: Congrats to our @ekengelhardt.bsky.social on her new project bAImo (Bavarian AI for insect monitoring), funded by bayklif2.0. Cool research at the interface of modelling, macroecology & conservation science coming up! With @maximilianpichler.bsky.social & @cofeuniwue.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
GCERetreat2025: Congrats to our @ekengelhardt.bsky.social on her new project bAImo (Bavarian AI for insect monitoring), funded by bayklif2.0. Cool research at the interface of modelling, macroecology & conservation science coming up! With @maximilianpichler.bsky.social & @cofeuniwue.bsky.social
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A wonderful morning in the Austrian Alps, our next GCERetreat2025 day has started, and Rasmus Dam Jensen gives an overview of the MultiCrossBEF project @bexplo.bsky.social and some first results on the Earthworm subproject
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
A wonderful morning in the Austrian Alps, our next GCERetreat2025 day has started, and Rasmus Dam Jensen gives an overview of the MultiCrossBEF project @bexplo.bsky.social and some first results on the Earthworm subproject
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At our @globalchangeeco.bsky.social retreat to Austria, we are both taking in the beautiful surrounding landscape and discussing the latest research advancements of the team members. Here, Rasmus Dam Jensen presents our #MultiCrossBEF project as part of @bexplo.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de
@uni-wuerzburg.de
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
At our @globalchangeeco.bsky.social retreat to Austria, we are both taking in the beautiful surrounding landscape and discussing the latest research advancements of the team members. Here, Rasmus Dam Jensen presents our #MultiCrossBEF project as part of @bexplo.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de
@uni-wuerzburg.de
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Another MSc thesis update was recently presented by our student Nicolas Willems. He studies the variation of colour lightness, body size and other traits of #grasshoppers along an elevational gradient in the Bavarian Alps. Well done!! We look forward to the results…
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Another MSc thesis update was recently presented by our student Nicolas Willems. He studies the variation of colour lightness, body size and other traits of #grasshoppers along an elevational gradient in the Bavarian Alps. Well done!! We look forward to the results…
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Retreat time! In the great setting of the Austrian Alps we just started our group retreat to discuss science, new ideas & how to further develop our @globalchangeeco.bsky.social ecosystem. Here @christianzehner.bsky.social is kicking off the program with his project on occurrence sampling biases.
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Retreat time! In the great setting of the Austrian Alps we just started our group retreat to discuss science, new ideas & how to further develop our @globalchangeeco.bsky.social ecosystem. Here @christianzehner.bsky.social is kicking off the program with his project on occurrence sampling biases.
Herzliche Einladung zu einem Vortrag, den ich demnächst im heimatlichen Westerwald halten darf!
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Herzliche Einladung zu einem Vortrag, den ich demnächst im heimatlichen Westerwald halten darf!
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Looking for a PhD / researcher position on #arthropods in #urban green spaces? Our colleague @nadja-simons.bsky.social @cofeuniwue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de has a 3 year position advertised here:
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
Researcher Position at the Chair of Conservation Biology and Forest Exology
Universität Würzburg Sanderring 2 97070 Würzburg
www.uni-wuerzburg.de
October 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Looking for a PhD / researcher position on #arthropods in #urban green spaces? Our colleague @nadja-simons.bsky.social @cofeuniwue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de has a 3 year position advertised here:
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
www.uni-wuerzburg.de/karriere/sin...
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Another impressive thesis update talk by our MSc student Mara Kuschke: advised by @esme-ashe.bsky.social she studies how #thermoregulation of #grasshoppers varies with elevation in the Bavarian Alps. Great work, Mara!
October 28, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Another impressive thesis update talk by our MSc student Mara Kuschke: advised by @esme-ashe.bsky.social she studies how #thermoregulation of #grasshoppers varies with elevation in the Bavarian Alps. Great work, Mara!
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Only few days left to apply for the full professorship in Functional Ecology at @unituebingen.bsky.social. We are looking for a female colleague to join our institute. Come and join us! Lots of opportunities for collaboration in a beautiful work place!
Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Only few days left to apply for the full professorship in Functional Ecology at @unituebingen.bsky.social. We are looking for a female colleague to join our institute. Come and join us! Lots of opportunities for collaboration in a beautiful work place!
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Last week our MSc student Karl Gehrig gave an update about his MSc thesis on how #butterflies change their #behaviour depending on their thermal preferences preferences. His work is supervised by @esme-ashe.bsky.social who leads our research theme of #thermalecology. Well done, Karl!
October 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Last week our MSc student Karl Gehrig gave an update about his MSc thesis on how #butterflies change their #behaviour depending on their thermal preferences preferences. His work is supervised by @esme-ashe.bsky.social who leads our research theme of #thermalecology. Well done, Karl!
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Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
October 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
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We are happy and proud to host Mariana Prokupuk from the Ukrainian National Academy of Science as a guest researcher at our chair. With a Coimbra scholarship she studies ecological niches and traits of invasive aquatic plants. Welcome again, Mariana! www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/gce/news/...
October 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We are happy and proud to host Mariana Prokupuk from the Ukrainian National Academy of Science as a guest researcher at our chair. With a Coimbra scholarship she studies ecological niches and traits of invasive aquatic plants. Welcome again, Mariana! www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/gce/news/...
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The Paris Agreement offers a powerful framework for a fairer, healthier world. But as extreme heat shows, every tenth of a degree matters. We need higher ambition to stop violating the rights of ever more people. - new @wwattribution.bsky.social study
www.worldweatherattribution.org/ten-years-of...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/ten-years-of...
October 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Paris Agreement offers a powerful framework for a fairer, healthier world. But as extreme heat shows, every tenth of a degree matters. We need higher ambition to stop violating the rights of ever more people. - new @wwattribution.bsky.social study
www.worldweatherattribution.org/ten-years-of...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/ten-years-of...
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Neben Klimawandel, Artensterben & Krieg waren die vielen armen Menschen, die jeden Tag heulend im Supermarkt zusammenbrechen weil sie den Veggieburger nicht von ihrem Fleischburger unterscheiden konnten, sicherlich eines der größten Probleme der Menschheit. Gut dass wir wenigstens das gelöst haben.
Das EU-Gesetz ist kein Sieg für Verbraucherschutz oder die deutsche Sprache. Die Fleischindustrie hat sich einfach gegen die Konkurrenz durchgesetzt.
Veggiefleisch muss umbenannt werden: Es geht nicht um die Wurst – sondern um Profite
Das EU-Gesetz ist kein Sieg für Verbraucherschutz oder die deutsche Sprache. Die Fleischindustrie hat sich einfach gegen die Konkurrenz durchgesetzt.
taz.de
October 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Neben Klimawandel, Artensterben & Krieg waren die vielen armen Menschen, die jeden Tag heulend im Supermarkt zusammenbrechen weil sie den Veggieburger nicht von ihrem Fleischburger unterscheiden konnten, sicherlich eines der größten Probleme der Menschheit. Gut dass wir wenigstens das gelöst haben.
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Puh – was gab es im Sommer für Prügel für meine Aussage zur Bedrohung der Landwirtschaft. Nun steht auch im aktuellen Aufruf der Meteorologischen und Physikalischen Gesellschaft genau dies drin. Ich bin fast erleichtert. Weil ich ständig selbst reflektiere, ob ich manchmal zu drastisch kommuniziere.
"Von Maßstab und Menschlichkeit" von Sebastian Seiffert @sci-ffert.bsky.social, geht gerade viral 💪
Schaut es euch an, — und teilt es, auch gerade außerhalb "unserer Bubble" 🙏
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Schaut es euch an, — und teilt es, auch gerade außerhalb "unserer Bubble" 🙏
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September 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Puh – was gab es im Sommer für Prügel für meine Aussage zur Bedrohung der Landwirtschaft. Nun steht auch im aktuellen Aufruf der Meteorologischen und Physikalischen Gesellschaft genau dies drin. Ich bin fast erleichtert. Weil ich ständig selbst reflektiere, ob ich manchmal zu drastisch kommuniziere.
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Thanks for a great talk on her PhD project by @anamaria-bu.bsky.social in our @globalchangeeco.bsky.social seminar. Check out her recent paper on the influence of island isolation on dispersal traits of bird communities on #islands globally: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
September 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Thanks for a great talk on her PhD project by @anamaria-bu.bsky.social in our @globalchangeeco.bsky.social seminar. Check out her recent paper on the influence of island isolation on dispersal traits of bird communities on #islands globally: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#Energiewende zwischen Kontinuität und Neustart - freue mich auf interessante Perspektiven und interdisziplinären Austausch aus Recht, Ökonomie und Politik zu einem Schlüsselbereich des globalen Wandels bei der Tagung der Stiftung Umweltenergierecht stiftung-umweltenergierecht.de
September 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
#Energiewende zwischen Kontinuität und Neustart - freue mich auf interessante Perspektiven und interdisziplinären Austausch aus Recht, Ökonomie und Politik zu einem Schlüsselbereich des globalen Wandels bei der Tagung der Stiftung Umweltenergierecht stiftung-umweltenergierecht.de
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Three exciting #PostDoc 🧑🔬👩🔬🧕 positions on #Ecological #Synthesis at TU Darmstadt @tuda.bsky.social for Reassembly #rainforest 🇪🇨 🌱🌴🦜 & #Biodiversity Exploratories 🌲🐄🚜🪲🐝🥀@bexplo.bsky.social
Please spread widely ✉️♥️▶️ & apply quickly 🙃
www.reassembly.de/the-team/job...
Please spread widely ✉️♥️▶️ & apply quickly 🙃
www.reassembly.de/the-team/job...
September 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Three exciting #PostDoc 🧑🔬👩🔬🧕 positions on #Ecological #Synthesis at TU Darmstadt @tuda.bsky.social for Reassembly #rainforest 🇪🇨 🌱🌴🦜 & #Biodiversity Exploratories 🌲🐄🚜🪲🐝🥀@bexplo.bsky.social
Please spread widely ✉️♥️▶️ & apply quickly 🙃
www.reassembly.de/the-team/job...
Please spread widely ✉️♥️▶️ & apply quickly 🙃
www.reassembly.de/the-team/job...
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Thanks to our @christianzehner.bsky.social for presenting his PhD plans and first results at #gfoe2025. Exciting work ahead - great to have you on board!
Very happy to have given a talk and presented my phd project at this year’s @gfoesoc.bsky.social about insect trends
Grateful for the inspiring discussions and feedback on my research and my colleagues and supervisors @ekengelhardt.bsky.social @christianhof.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social
Grateful for the inspiring discussions and feedback on my research and my colleagues and supervisors @ekengelhardt.bsky.social @christianhof.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Thanks to our @christianzehner.bsky.social for presenting his PhD plans and first results at #gfoe2025. Exciting work ahead - great to have you on board!
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Very happy to have given a talk and presented my phd project at this year’s @gfoesoc.bsky.social about insect trends
Grateful for the inspiring discussions and feedback on my research and my colleagues and supervisors @ekengelhardt.bsky.social @christianhof.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social
Grateful for the inspiring discussions and feedback on my research and my colleagues and supervisors @ekengelhardt.bsky.social @christianhof.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Very happy to have given a talk and presented my phd project at this year’s @gfoesoc.bsky.social about insect trends
Grateful for the inspiring discussions and feedback on my research and my colleagues and supervisors @ekengelhardt.bsky.social @christianhof.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social
Grateful for the inspiring discussions and feedback on my research and my colleagues and supervisors @ekengelhardt.bsky.social @christianhof.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social
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Just quoting the final key point, which very few leaders seem to be acting on:
"While policies are needed to protect people from heat, a rapid shift away from fossil fuels is the most effective way to avoid hotter and deadlier summers."
"While policies are needed to protect people from heat, a rapid shift away from fossil fuels is the most effective way to avoid hotter and deadlier summers."
The summer is over - and for about 16,600 people across 854 European cities that doesn't mean autumn comes, but death. People who would still be alive if it wasn't for our burning of fossil fuels. - New study with @lshtm.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...
September 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Just quoting the final key point, which very few leaders seem to be acting on:
"While policies are needed to protect people from heat, a rapid shift away from fossil fuels is the most effective way to avoid hotter and deadlier summers."
"While policies are needed to protect people from heat, a rapid shift away from fossil fuels is the most effective way to avoid hotter and deadlier summers."
Amazing keynote by Zuzana Burivalova at #gfoe2025 on soundscapes, African tropical forests, and conservation. www.soundforestlab.org/soundscapeba...
September 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Amazing keynote by Zuzana Burivalova at #gfoe2025 on soundscapes, African tropical forests, and conservation. www.soundforestlab.org/soundscapeba...
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Got inspired by all the fantastic research at #gfoe2025? Save the date for an even larger gathering of excellence in #ecology and #evolution at the joint #NSO2026 and #gfoe2026 meeting with @gfoesoc.bsky.social! See you on 14-17 Sep 2026 in Denmark! nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...
September 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Got inspired by all the fantastic research at #gfoe2025? Save the date for an even larger gathering of excellence in #ecology and #evolution at the joint #NSO2026 and #gfoe2026 meeting with @gfoesoc.bsky.social! See you on 14-17 Sep 2026 in Denmark! nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/nordic...